745. A photographic flash. The fan-like bit deploys around the hub to make a psuedo parabolic reflector and a one use flashbulb goes in the socket in the hub.
8/17/2006 5:03 AM
Anonymous said...
That should have said 747, not 745
8/17/2006 5:05 AM
Anonymous said...
744 - Sharpener for core hole borer. Pointy, tapered edge goes into the hole borer, is turned, and the knife blade sharpens the borer.
8/17/2006 5:34 AM
Anonymous said...
749 Guessing that this is a front plate from an old 1930's radio.
8/17/2006 12:26 PM
Anonymous said...
749 - Could be the bezel from a grandfather clock or similar clock.
8/17/2006 1:01 PM
Anonymous said...
747 old camra flash
8/18/2006 3:12 AM
Anonymous said...
744 - Wooops! Just noticed on my post above I wrote "core hole borer." Should havee been "cork hole borer."
>749 Guessing that this is a front plate from an old 1930's radio.
>749 - Could be the bezel from a grandfather clock or similar clock.
Don't yet know what this is, I'm still researching this piece of hardware.
>747 old camera flash
Yes
8/18/2006 2:56 PM
Anonymous said...
746 - An old car axle stand, maybe?
8/19/2006 6:25 AM
Anonymous said...
746. 3 1/2 inches tall...an adjustable prop or support or holder...maybe for things in a kiln/furnace/heat treater or the like? A prop for corpses used by morticians?
>746. 3 1/2 inches tall...an adjustable prop or support or holder...
It's a holder, but not for those items. Please check the answer link for the solution.
8/19/2006 8:08 PM
Anonymous said...
749. It looks like it could have been a gas lamp escucheon. the large hole might have housed a parabolic mirror. Just a guess.
8/23/2006 7:12 AM
744. 7-1/4" long [Image]
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745. 5-1/2" long [Image]
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746. 3-1/2" tall: [Image]
747. 4-1/2" long [Image]
748. 7-1/2" x 8": [Image]
The two small pieces can be rotated 360 degrees. [Image]
749. Approx. 6" x 12", submitted by a visitor, dug up in a backyard in Wilmington, MA: [Image]
The first three items in this post were photographed at an antique machinery show where someone had a very interesting display of vintage hand tools, while there I also took some photos of several great looking old steam tractors.
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745. A photographic flash. The fan-like bit deploys around the hub to make a psuedo parabolic reflector and a one use flashbulb goes in the socket in the hub.
8/17/2006 5:03 AM
That should have said 747, not 745
8/17/2006 5:05 AM
744 - Sharpener for core hole borer. Pointy, tapered edge goes into the hole borer, is turned, and the knife blade sharpens the borer.
8/17/2006 5:34 AM
749 Guessing that this is a front plate from an old 1930's radio.
8/17/2006 12:26 PM
749 - Could be the bezel from a grandfather clock or similar clock.
8/17/2006 1:01 PM
747 old camra flash
8/18/2006 3:12 AM
744 - Wooops! Just noticed on my post above I wrote "core hole borer." Should havee been "cork hole borer."
8/18/2006 5:36 AM
>747. A photographic flash...
>744 - Sharpener for cork hole borer.
Both correct
>749 Guessing that this is a front plate from an old 1930's radio.
>749 - Could be the bezel from a grandfather clock or similar clock.
Don't yet know what this is, I'm still researching this piece of hardware.
>747 old camera flash
Yes
8/18/2006 2:56 PM
746 - An old car axle stand, maybe?
8/19/2006 6:25 AM
746. 3 1/2 inches tall...an adjustable prop or support or holder...maybe for things in a kiln/furnace/heat treater or the like?
A prop for corpses used by morticians?
8/19/2006 5:50 PM
>746 - An old car axle stand, maybe?
Nope, it's too small for that.
>746. 3 1/2 inches tall...an adjustable prop or support or holder...
It's a holder, but not for those items. Please check the answer link for the solution.
8/19/2006 8:08 PM
749. It looks like it could have been a gas lamp escucheon. the large hole might have housed a parabolic mirror.
Just a guess.
8/23/2006 7:12 AM